What is class 35.11, production of electricity from non renewable sources?

Class 35.11 covers production of electricity from non renewable sources. It was created in the restructuring of group 35.1, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, in NACE Rev. 2.1. Its explanatory note states the inclusion and the exclusions. The class is statistical only, and it does not determine a code for a specific reader.

What does the note include?

The note includes operation of generation facilities that produce electricity from non renewable sources, with examples including natural gas, coal and other fossil fuels, and from emission free non renewable sources, with nuclear given as the example. The two parts of the inclusion matter. The first part covers fossil fuel generation. The second part covers non renewable generation that is emission free, and the note names nuclear as the example of that part. The inclusion is therefore defined by the source of the energy, not by the technology of the generation facility alone, and not by the emissions of the facility in general terms. The note states the source categories, and the facility must be read against those categories.

The class sits in group 35.1 in division 35, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, in Section D. The group was restructured in paragraph 151, with the creation of classes 35.11, 35.12 and 35.16, and the creation of class 35.24 in group 35.2. The detailed structure lists the group as containing classes 35.11 to 35.16, covering production, transmission, distribution, trade and storage of electricity. The class 35.11 is the first class in the restructured group, and its place in the group must be read with the neighbouring classes, because the notes for the neighbouring classes state the exclusions that complete the boundary of class 35.11.

What does the note exclude?

The note excludes production of electricity from renewable sources to class 35.12, production of electricity as part of the storage of electricity activities to class 35.16, and pretreatment of waste for energy recovery to class 38.22. Each exclusion names the class where the excluded work belongs, and each one corrects a plausible misreading. Renewable generation resembles non renewable generation in process, but it sits in its own class by source. Electricity produced as part of storage is not production in the sense of class 35.11, because the storage class covers the conversion, storing and reconversion cycle as a whole. Pretreatment of waste for energy recovery is waste work, not electricity production, even where the waste will later be used to generate energy.

The exclusions also show the limits of a source based reading. A facility that generates electricity from more than one source, or that combines generation with storage, cannot be placed by the inclusion sentence alone. The notes for classes 35.12 and 35.16, and the principal activity rules in the introductory guidelines, govern the classification of a unit with mixed generation, in general terms. This guide does not apply those rules to a specific facility, and it does not state a rule for mixed source generation that the manual does not state in the notes. The institute or register that holds the record confirms the entry for a specific unit.

How is the class placed in the hierarchy?

| Level | Identifier | Title |

|---|---|---|

| Section | D | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |

| Division | 35 | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |

| Group | 35.1 | Electric power generation, transmission and distribution |

| Class | 35.11 | Production of electricity from non renewable sources |

The table follows the detailed structure. The section and division titles are the same, because division 35 is the only division in Section D in the structure as adopted, and the group title states the full chain of electricity activities in the group. The table states the place of the class. The note states its content, and the correspondence table states how the old group content relates to the new classes.

What does a new class not decide?

A new class is a new heading in the published classification. No decision about a specific unit is made here, and no guarantee is given that an activity previously held in an old class now belongs in the new class. The correspondence table relates the old classes that previously held the work to the new class, and the new class explanatory note states its inclusions and exclusions. The classification is statistical only. No decision on tax, a licence, social security, a collective agreement or funding eligibility follows from the code, and confirmation of a unit’s entry rests with the institute or register holding its record.

Where is a new class confirmed?

The check for a new class runs in three steps. First, the section 4 summary in the manual for the creation as adopted. Second, the explanatory note for the class, for inclusions and exclusions. Third, ask the institute or register for the entry actually held. This guide gives the first step and points to the other two.

Check the source categories in the inclusion, follow the three exclusions to their stated classes, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.